JEP 110 HTTP 2 client API

[Chris Hegarty]

On 3 Apr 2015, at 14:20, Pavel Rappo <pavel.rappo at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Kasper,
> 
> I assume your questions are all about WebSocket part, right? If so, then
> 
>> 1)
>> Would it possible to add a connect timeout parameter.
>> builder.setConnectTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
>> 
>> For some reason it was left out of the javax.websocket API. And working
>> around it is a serious PITA.
> 
> What's the purpose of this timeout? Could you please explain it a bit more?

As with any API that deals with underlying socket connect, read, write, there should be some configurable way to set a time for the reply, or availability of system resources.

-Chris.